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Re: English grammar - Verbs

Tdol,
Thanks.
Let's look at this sentence: He is lying on the floor.
Why is floor not the object of the sentence? Does it not answer the question: What is he lying on?
Your explanation will oblige.
Thanks again.

Re: English grammar - Verbs

It does, but it does not answer the question 'What is he lying?'. If you have 'He kicked the ball', you can ask the question 'What did he kick?'. 'On the floor' tells us where (or 'on what') not what (or who, etc).